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SHARKARA OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2019 VOLUME–50, No. - 04

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SHARKARA VOLUME – 50, NO. - 04

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SHARKARA

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CONTENTS PAGE

MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR 02

OUR PROVISIONS 03 - 04

OUR RESEARCH AREAS 05 - 08

OUR ADVISORY 09– 10

OUR Other Activities 11 - 13

HAPPENING IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 14 - 20

RESEARCH ARTICLE 21 - 27

ABSTRACTS 28– 32

VOLUME-50, No .04

OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2019


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The crushing season 2019-20 has commenced with sugar factories of the northern India taking a lead

starting their crushing operations earlier as compared to the sugar factories particularly in Maharashtra.

During the current crushing season, India’s sugar production stood at 4.58 million tonne till December

15 which is down by about 35 per cent from the similar period of last crushing season when it was

recorded as 7.05 million tonne. However, Mills in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest sugar producing

state, producing state, produced 2.12 million tonne of the sugar till December 15, up from 1.89 million

tonne in the year-ago period due to higher recovery and as they began operations about a week earlier

during the current season. As regards country as a whole, 406 sugar mill were operational as on

December 15, as against 473 mills on the year-ago same day.

The sugar scenario appears to be comparatively better during the year looking to estimated sugar

production of about 26 million tonne with more diversion of sugar for ethanol production and likely

hood exports of 6.0 million tonne. As per the industry reports, many sugar factories in Uttar Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have already taken up the diversion of B Heavy molasses

with few opting for partial diversion of sugar syrup also. However, looking to the requirement of ethanol

for EBP10 and EBP20 in future, as I always emphasize upon there is greater urge for assessing potential

for alternate feed stocks out of which now there is greater discussion about sugar beet and surplus

grains.

Institute during the period while entered into MoU with Assiut University, Egypt looks forward signing

more such MoU’s with other organizations for collaborative research and extending institute expertise

on various technical matters. With erection of mini sugar refinery and grain based distillation unit

underway, institute looks forward towards better infrastructural facilities for imparting meaningful

practical exposure to the students of various courses.

Wishing you a very happy and prosperous New Year 2020.

(Narendra Mohan)

Director

From DIrector’s Desk......


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OUR PROVISIONS:

FOREIGN COLLABORATIONS:

1. A six member Chinese delegation from Guangxi Sugar Industry Development Office, China visited the

institute on 11th December, 2019. Delegation took keen interest in institute activities and extended

invitation to visit Chinese sugar factories for efficiency improvement.

2. Director visited the STRI Egypt & signed MOU with Assiut University for conducting training

programmes/refresher courses for sugar factory personnel in Egypt and carrying out collaborative

research at NSI, Kanpur. He also delivered a lecture at "Faculty of Sugar and Integrated Industries

Technology” which was attended by faculty, delegates from sugar industry and students.

SEMINAR ORGANIZED/PARTICIPATED:

1. Dr. Ashutosh Bajpai, Prof. Sugar Technology & Dr. Ashok Yadav, Asstt. Prof. Agri. Chemistry attended the

Seminar on “Sugarcane – Is there any alternative?” along with Prof. Narendra Mohan, Director on 11th

November, 2019 at IISR, Lucknow.

2. Dr. Ashok Yadav, Asstt. Prof. Agri. Chemistry & Dr. Lokesh Babar, Jr. Scientific Officer Agri. Chemistry

attended one-day National Seminar on “Sugarcane Challenges and Future Strategies for Doubling

Farmers Income” on 11th November, 2019 at IISR, Lucknow.

3. Shri Brajesh Singh, Technical Officer (Inst.) & Shri N. K. Venkatesh attended a National Seminar on “IT

Security” on 29th November, 2019 at Kanpur, U.P.


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4. Institute participated as event partner in the two days National Seminar on “Ethanol Production

from Different Feed Stocks Including Molasses, Sugarcane Juice, Grain, Sweet Beet and other

Cellulosic Materials” jointly organized by All India Distillers Association (AIDA) on 12th & 13th

December, 2019 at Jaipur. Prof. Narendra Mohan, Director National Sugar Institute also delivered a

lecture on “Is Sugar beet a Potential Feed Stock for Ethanol Production?” during the seminar.

5. Director, NSI delivered J P Mukherjee Memorial Lecture during the 65th Annual Convention of

Deccan Sugar Technologist's Association on the theme "Indian Sugar Industry- Beyond Sugar" held

on 1st October, 2019 at Pune, Maharashtra. He stressed upon producing sugar as per consumer

preferences & market demand besides making value added products by using innovative techniques.

6. Institute participated in Seminar on "Ganga Conservation" organized by Kanpur District

Administration at CSJM University, Kanpur on 9th December-2019, during which very informative

lectures were given on water conservation and measures to be taken for saving the rivers. On this

occasion oath was also administered for keeping Holy River Ganga clean. The seminar was attended by

more than 1500 students & teachers of various colleges.


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OUR RESEARCH AREAS:

The Institute is actively involved in the collaborative endeavors with the sugar and allied industries

for developing innovative techniques and technologies for improving the economic sustainability of the

sugar industry. The Institute during the period took up R&D work on the following:

RESEARCH:

1. Utilization of potash rich ash for production of valuable bio fertilizer- Studies on viability of

prepared bio-fertilizers taken up and cost economics is being calculated. Bio-fertilizers (Rhizobium; PSB

& Azatobacter ) are also being prepared for new field trials which will be taken up shortly at the institute

farm.

2. Cane juice syrup study for shelf-life and production of alcohol – The study has been taken up with

a view to ascertain the keeping quality of the concentrated juice for production of ethanol. Trials will be

conducted shortly using sugar syrup of different purities and solid content.

3. Studies on the feasibility of utilization of sugarcane bagasse as a potential feedstock to access

cosmetic ingredients – In order to prepare higher quantities of C - Glycosidic Alcohol to validate the

results and estimate the cost of production, the requisite experimental works are ongoing. From the

initial experiments, about total 25 gm. compound was obtained. A patent application is also being filed

on the innovative process & product developed.

4. Studies on Production/Isolation of C5-Sugar Alcohol / Sugar using by-product resources of

sugar industry – This is a new research project which has been taken up by the institute and the

literature survey is being done to sketch plan and start some experimental work.

5. Studies on Pot-efficient Synthesis of Alkyl Levulinates (Als) using Sugarcane- Bagasse Derived

Cellulose – The purification of the synthesized compound and its characterization is under progress.

The synthesized compound is being analyzed for recording NMR spectra and mass spectrometry

towards determination of its structure.


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6. Mechanical Clarification of Juice – 03 set of experiments have been carried out during the period to

validate the results obtained during the initial experiments. Various parameters viz. temperature,

dosage of phosphoric acid & flocculent, spinning time and speed were varied to assess effect on colour

and turbidity removal. To cope up with the requirements, new laboratory centrifugal is also being

procured. More experiments shall be carried out to draw conclusion.

7. Development of Super Short Retention Time Clarifier (SSRT) – Based on the results of

experiments achieved during last crushing season, some modifications was planned in the design of

SSRT. After finalization of the plan, modification of the clarifier is in progress. Civil work of the platform

for installing the SSRT has also been carried out at Experimental Sugar Factory.

8. To study the impact on performance of mechanically coupled twin induction motor drives for

Shredder / Fibrizer having unequal sharing of load and to design & develop dedicated drive for

the application- Some of the sugar factories situated in different agro-climatic zones shall be visited to

collect data for newly installed VFD based system on preparatory devices. The general set-up kept for

the cane preparation is two set of cutters, generally known as chopper/leveler, followed by shredder or

fibrizer. Conventionally, the prime mover for these machines is invariably a slip ring induction motor

(SRIM). The conventional system is appreciably inefficient as a lot of electrical power is dissipated and

wasted ( to the tune of 8-10% of the actual load ) in slip resistance throughout the operation, but this

set-up is being running in the industry due to its simplicity and as the other better methods were not in

practice.

Recently, in few of the factories VFD based Induction motor drive have been installed on each of the

mechanically coupled motor of shredder / fibriser. The problems associated with the conventional

system such as issues of load balancing, inefficient use of drives and lowering of the speed of the motor

during peak load conditions have been addressed. But in this newly introduced system, the two drives

use individual 6-pulse/12-pulse rectifier circuit because of its simple and low cost structure followed by

a 2-level inverter. This leads to injection of harmonics in the input current and rise of problems such as

“motor bearing failure” and “motor winding insulation breakdown” because of circulating currents and

dielectric stresses.

The present study is being done to study the effects of differently rated mechanically coupled induction

motors for cane preparation and to design and develop a prototype to validate the study practically

through the prototype. After literature survey and collection of data from various factories,


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the topology for the prototype has been drawn and the Project proposal/technical specifications have

been submitted. Further work will be carried out after the materials are received.

RESEARCH PAPERS/ POSTER / PRESENTED / PUBLISHED/ SENT FOR PUBLICATION:

1. A research paper entitled “Innovative Futuristic Approach for Sustainable Sugar Industry” by

Narendra Mohan & Anushka Agarwal published in International Journal of Innovative Science &

Research Technology. Volume 4, Issue 11, November – 2019.

2. A research paper entitled “Sustainability of Sugar Industry in Northern Region – Sugar

Production & Beyond” by Narendra Mohan, Director published in National workshop on “Sugarcane

Challenges and Future Strategies for Doubling Farmers Income” at IISR, Lucknow.

3. A paper abstract “Direct Use of Sugarcane Bagasse Derived Hemicellulose Hydrolysis

Hydrolysate for the Synthesis of C-glycosyl Derivative by the Lubineau Reaction” by Dr. V.P.

Srivastava, Tushar Mishra & Narendra Mohan sent for 26th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC –

2020) to be held from 22nd to 24th January, 2020 at Nirma University, Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

4. A research paper entitled “Surfactants in Modern Applications” by Narendra Mohan published in

IJSRD - International Journal for Scientific Research & Development| Vol. 7, Issue 09, Nov. 2019 | ISSN

(online): 2321-0613.

5. “A Study on Probable Configurations of Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converters for Slip Power

Recovery Application in Sugar Industry” by Vinay Kumar & Sanjiv Kumar, sent for publication in ICE3

2020 International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, to be held on 14-15th

February, 2020 at MMMUT Gorakhpur, U.P.

6. “Reduction, Reuse and Recycling of Fresh Water Usage and Mitigation of Effluent Generation in

Sugar Industry” by Vinay Kumar & D. Swain, published in the proceedings of IC WEB BIMSTEC – 2019,

held on 14th December, 2019 at Agartala, Tripura.

7. “Bio-refinery Process for Valorization of Sugarcane Biomass: from Constituents Sugars and

Lignols to Value Added Products” by V.P. Srivastava, Tushar Mihsra & N. Mohan accepted for

presentation at the 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on “Sustainability – Innovation and

Diversification in Sugar and Allied Industry” to be held on 31st January to 2nd February, 2020 at

Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune, Maharashtra.

8. “Sugar Beet – A Potential Feed Stock for Ethanol Production” by Prof. Narendra Mohan published

in Sharkara, October – December, 2019.


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BUREAU OF SUGAR STANDARDS:

The Institute on behalf of Bureau of Indian Standards prepares and issues Sugar Standard Grades

to the entire Sugar Industry of the country for every sugar season. These Sugar Standard Grades are

issued to facilitate quality control and to protect the interest of the common consumers. On the basis of

these grades, sugar factories mark their produce accordingly. Meeting of Expert Committee on sugar

standards was held at NSI, Kanpur on 25th September 2019, wherein seven grades and their sale price

were approved for the sugar season 2019-20.

On the basis of the approved Standards, Bureau of Sugar Standards Grades distribution

commenced from 1st October, 2019.

Price schedule for the sugar season 2019-20:

1 Sugar Standard Grades to be issued L-31, L-30, M31, M-30, S-31,S-30 & SS-

31

2 Set of New Sugar Standard Grades containing

7 grades +3 empty glass bottles + 3 Velvet

Cork in packing case

Rs.19000/= each set

3 Single Sugar Standard Grade Rs.2500/= each

4 Empty Sugar Standard Glass Bottle Rs.400/= each

5 Packing case Rs.600/= each

6 Velvet Cork Rs.100/= each

7 Postal expenses, forwarding charges, if any Extra as applicable

8 Payment For Indian Sugar Standards 2019-20,

payment shall be acceptable only

through BHARAT KOSH. In any

circumstances, no Demand Draft/

Cheque/ Cash amount shall be

accepted.

9 Delivery of Sugar Standard Grades Monday to Friday

(10.00 AM to 5.00 PM)

10 Taxes GST extra as applicable @18%.

The institute has taken up revision of various existing BIS standards viz. molasses tanks, raw, plantation

white, refined and icing sugar etc. on behalf of Bureau of Indian Standards. BIS standards for some other

sugars viz. organic sugar, brown sugar & low sulphur sugar are being drafted in consultation with

various stake holders.


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OUR ADVISORY:

Besides conducting teaching and training programmes, carrying out research in relevant field,

another main function of the institute is:

1. To function as a “Think-tank” to sugar and allied industry for proposing modernization and trouble

free functioning of the process on advisory basis / through Extension Services.

2. To formulate strategies and promotes measures for expansion of capacities, energy conservation, co-

product utilization etc. for sugar and allied industries.

3. To assist Govt. of India through technical contribution in policy formulation and control of Sugar

Industry.

CONSULTANCY SERVICES:

During October-December, 2019 consultancy services were provided to the following sugar/

alcohol units and sugar related organization:

1 M/s K.M. Sugar Mills Ltd., Motinagar, Distt – Faizabad, U.P.

2 M/s Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd., Unit – Deoband, Distt – Saharanpur, U.P.

3 M/s DCM Shriram Ltd., Unit – Ajbapur, Distt – Lakhimpur-Kheri, U.P.

4 M/s Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd., Hargoan, Distt – Sitapur, U.P.

5 M/s Triveni Engineering Industries Ltd., Unit – Raninangal, Distt – Moradabad, U.P.

6 M/s Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries, Ltd., Unit – Jawaharpur, Distt – Sitapur, U.P.

7 M/s New Swadeshi Sugar Mills Ltd., West Champaran, Bihar.

8 M/s Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd., Unit – Nigohi, Distt – Shahjahanpur, U.P.

9 M/s Triveni Engineering Industries Ltd., Unit – Milak Naryanpur, Distt – Rampur, U.P.

10 M/s Bajaj Hindustan Sugar Ltd., Unit – Kinauni, Distt – Meerut, U.P.

11 M/s Bajaj Hindustan Sugar Ltd., Unit – Golagokarannath, Distt Lakhimpur-Kheri, U.P.

12 M/s Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd., Unit – Seohara, Distt – Bijnor, U.P.

13 M/s Dalmia Sugar & Industries Ltd., Unit – Ramgarh, Distt – Sitapur, U.P.

14 M/s Triveni Engineering Industries Ltd., Unit – Khatauli, U.P.

15 M/s Naglamal Sugar Complex, Distt – Meerut, U.P.

16 M/s DCM Shriram Ltd., Unit – Rupapur, Distt – Hardoi, U.P.

17 M/s DCM Shriram Ltd., Unit- Loni, Distt – Hardoi, U.P.

18 M/s Uttam Sugars Mills Ltd., Unit – Barkatpur, Distt – Bijnor, U.P.

19 M/s Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd., West Champaran, Bihar.

20 M/s DCM Shriram, Unit- Hariawan, Distt – Hardoi, U.P.

21 M/s Sugarchem, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

22 M/s HPCL Biofuels, Sagauli, Distt – West Champaran, Bihar.


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23 M/s Bidar Kisan Shakhar Karkhana Limited, Distt – Bidar, Karnataka.

24 M/s Rai Bahadur Narain Singh Sugar Mills Ltd., Laksar, Distt–Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

25 M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Unit – Gularia, Distt – Lakhimpur-Kheri, U.P.

26 M/s Rana Sugars Ltd., Belwara, Distt – Moradabad, U.P

27 M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Unit – Haidergarh, Distt – Barabanki, U.P.

28 M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Unit – Maizapur, Distt – Gonda, U.P.

29 M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Unit – Mankapur, Distt – Gonda, U.P.

30 M/s Doiwala Sugar Company Ltd., Deharadun, Uttarakhand.

31 M/s DCM Shriram Sugar Industries Ltd., Daurala, Distt – Meerut, U.P.

32 M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Balrampur, U.P.

ANALYTICAL SERVICES:

1 Directorate General of Supply & Transport, Ministry of Defence

2 M/s Dalmia Bharat Sugar Mills & Ltd., Distillery, Unit – Nigohi, Distt – Shahjahanpur, U.P.

3 M/s Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd., Unit – Hargaon, Distt – Sitapur, U.P.

4 M/s Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd., Unit – Rajpura, Distt – Sambhal, U.P.

5 M/s Magadh Sugar & Energy Ltd., Unit – Hasanpur Sugar Mills Ltd.,

6 M/s The Seksaria Biswan Sugar Factory Ltd., Distt – Sitapur, U.P.

7 M/s Shri Shiv Shakti Khandsari Udyog, Disst - Narsinghpur, M.P.

8 M/s Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Unit – Tulsipur, Distt – Balrampur, U.P.

The samples of sugar, molasses and waste waters were analyzed for the desired parameters in the NSI-Analytical Laboratory (NABL Accredited). The institute has also obtained BIS accreditation for the Analytical Laboratory for analysis of sugar and

sugar house products.

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OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES:

1. संस्थान में दिनांक 28.10.2019 से 02.11.2019 तक “सतर्क ता जागरूर्ता सप्ताह-2019” का आयोजन

दकया गया तथा दिनांक 28.10.2019 को संस्थान-कदमियो ंको जागरुकता की शपथ दिलाई गई। इस सप्ताह

के िौरान संस्थान-कदमियो ंएवं छात्ो ंके दलये दनबंध एवं व्याख्यान प्रदतयोदगतायें आयोदजत की गईं।

2. संस्थान में दिनांक 31-10-2019 को अदधकाररयो,ं कमिचाररयो ंएवं छात्ो ंको सरिार बल्लभ भाई पटेल

के जन्मदतदथ के उपलक्ष्य में एकता दिवस का आयोजन दकया गया, दजसमें एर्ता एवं अखण्डता की शपथ

दिलाई गई।

3. राष्टर ीय शकि रा संस््थान, कानपुर द्वारा गत वर्षो की भ ंदत इस वर्षि भी अपने वादर्षिक खेलकूि संस््थान में

आयोदजत दकये गये। दिनांक 11 अक्टूबर 2019 को आयोदजत पुरस््कार दवतरण समारोह में दवदभन्न

प्रदतभादगयो ं(दवजेता एवं उप-दवजेताओ)ं को मुख्य अदतदथ के रूप में दनिेशक, राष्टर ीय शकि रा संस््थान,

कानपुर के द्वारा पुरस््कार से सम्मादनत दकया गया।

4. संस्थान में दिनांक 26-11-2019 को अदधकाररयो,ं कमिचाररयो ंएवं छात्ो ंके द्वारा “संदवधान दिवस” पर

“प्रस्तावना” पढ़ी गयी ।


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5. A Farewell party for the final year students of various courses was organized on 2nd November, 2019

at the institute. Many cultural activities were organized by the students on this occasion. Director &

faculty members wished the final year students a bright & successful carrier ahead.

6. A group of Farmers from Madhya Pradesh visited the institute on 21st November, 2019 for enhancing

their knowledge of field preparation, cultivation and harvesting of sugar cane by adopting modern

techniques.

7. Another group of Farmers from district Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, visited NSI under ATMA

programme on 19th December, 2019.

8. Seventy students of B.Sc. Agriculture ( Hons. ) of Rama University visited the institute on 8th

November, 2019. They visited various Laboratories, Nano Brewery, Nano Ethanol Unit & Experimental

Sugar Factory situated in the institute.

9. Prof. Narendra Mohan, Director attended the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Dalmia Bharat Sugar Mills

Ltd., Unit: Ramgarh and addressed the stakeholders of the company on need for diversification and

value addition. Prof. Mohan also felicitated employees of Dalmia Bharat Sugar Mills Ltd. on this

occasion.


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10. Director addressed 85th AGM of ISMA conducted on 5th December, 2019 and discussed the issues

related to ethanol pricing and incidental increase in distillation capacity while using B Heavy molasses

and cane juice.

11. Director addressed the 62nd AGM of M/s Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandal Ltd., Gandevi, Navsari,

Gujarat on economic and environmental sustainability on 20th December, 2019 along with fruitful

discussions, Chairman, Managing Director of the factory.

12. सरकारी कामकाज में राजभार्षा के रुप में दहन्दी के प्रदत जागरुकता लाने तथा उसके उत्तरोत्तर दवकास

हेतु संस्थान में 19 दिसम्बर, 2019 को दहन्दी कायिशाला का आयोजन दकया गया।

13. Surveillance audit of Institute for seeking ISO 9001:2018 was conducted from 26th to 27th

December, 2019 by QSI, (India) Pvt. Ltd. Jaipur.

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HAPPENING IN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY:

Dwarikesh Sugar commissioned its new 100 KLPD Distillery plant; stock up 1%.

Dwarikesh Sugar Industries commissioned its new 100 KLPD distillery plant at its Dwarikesh Nagar

unit, Bundki, in Bijnor District. Using state-of-the-art technology, this project commenced in late 2018.

The Company invested in wastewater recovery and zero liquid discharge, strengthening its credentials

to grow sustainably around an environment-friendly foundation, the company said in the filing.

Why Indian Sugar Stocks Are In A Sweet Spot.

Shares of sugar makers have rallied in the last month as less-than-estimated production in the ongoing

season and expectations of higher exports spelt relief for mills grappling with record output, low prices

and farmer dues.

Sugar output drops 35% to 4.58 million tonne till Dec 15: ISMA.

India's sugar production stood at 4.58 million tonne till December 15 of the ongoing marketing year,

down 35 per cent from the year-ago period, owing to sharp fall in output in Maharashtra and

Karnataka, industry body ISMA said on Wednesday. Sugar marketing year runs from October to

September.

Sugar shares rise on heavy volume; Balrampur Chini hits over 2-year high.

Shares of sugar companies were in demand on the BSE, and rallied by up to 7 per cent in intra-day

trade today on the back of heavy volumes. Balrampur Chini Mills, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries,

Avadh Sugar & Energy, Triveni Engineering & Industries, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries and Dhampur

Sugar Mills.

Growth of date sugar market in North America, MEA projected to be highest.

North America and Middle-East and Africa (MEA) are two of the largest date sugar manufacturing

regions. These were the findings of a report on the date sugar market by Fact.MR. It added that in 2018,

Europe was the largest consumer of date sugar, though the market growth in Middle-East and Africa.

UP set to hold fort while India’s sugar output likely to fall 20%.

India’s year-on-year sugar production in 2019-20 till November 30 has almost halved, showing a dip

of nearly 54% and experts are of the view that by the end of the 2019-20 sugar season, the likely

production will show a dip of almost 20%, as compared to last season.

Farmers ask Haryana government to increase sugarcane prices.

The Haryana unit of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Monday demanded an increase in the prices

of sugarcane by New Year during a press conference in Kurukshetra. The farmers threatened to lock

down all the sugar mills in the state if the prices are not revised by the government till January.

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Maharashtra sugar recovery to take hit this season on extended monsoon.

Around 124 sugar mills in Maharashtra, including 68 cooperative factories and 56 sugar factories, have

commenced crushing to produce around 76.63 lakh quintal of sugar in the 2019-20 season.

Indian Sugar Exports poised to hit record 5 Million Tons this year.

India, the world's biggest sugar producer, is poised to break its own export record this year thanks to

a flurry of overseas sales in the past few months, prompted by attractive global prices, trade and

industry officials said on Tuesday.

Acute shortage of labour to extend Maharashtra’s sugar season.

Maharashtra’s sugarcane crushing is all set to extend by at least a fortnight as mills complain of acute

shortage of harvesting labourers. Mills say that at present around 15-20 per cent less labourers have

turned up for duty this season.

Haryana CM asks officers to increase sugar production.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday directed the Cooperation Department officers

to formulate a plan giving special impetus to high-level management to increase sugar recovery from

the state's cooperative sugar mills and so that sugar production can also be increased.

Kolhapur millers ready to pay one-time FRP to sugar cane farmers. |

Three weeks after the sugar cane crushing began in the district, the millers have decided to pay one-

time FRP to the farmers this year. The decision was taken in a meeting organised by the sugar millers

at the office of Kolhapur District Central Cooperative Bank on Saturday.

Karnataka: ‘Revive sugar mills or face consequences’.

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha’s (KRRS) K.R. Pet taluk unit on Friday warned the State government

over its alleged apathy in reviving the Pandavapura Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane (PSSK) and Mysore

Sugar Company Ltd. (Mysugar) in the district.

India exported 37 lakh tonne sugar in 2018-19 marketing year.

India exported about 37 lakh tonne of sugar in the 2018-19 marketing year ended September to clear

the surplus stock, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Union minister Danve Raosaheb

Dadarao said sugar mills were advised to export sugar as per their MIEQ (Minimum Indicative Export

Quota) allocation.

Mills to be booked for accidents by heavy vehicles.

Sugar mills will be held co-accused in case of accidents resulting from absence of reflective tape on

heavy vehicles carrying sugar cane. The sugar cane cutting season has now begun in the state and will

continue till March-April next year.

'This sugar stock could see a double-digit swing in next 3-4 weeks.

The Nifty has entered in a narrow sideways trading band with a negative bias after making a new all-

time high in November. It formed a bearish dark cloud cover pattern the previous week, suggesting

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that the bears have started creating shorts as the Index approaches stiff resistance zone of 12,100-

12,200.

Sugar export subsidy maths hits EID Parry SEZ refinery.

Even though sugar mills in the country are cheering the export subsidy extended by the government

this year, its fine print has left EID Parry Ltd in a quandary over its sugar refinery in Kakinada. The

government this year changed the way subsidy is given on sugar exports to make it compliant.

India Sugar: Up in west on low supply of medium grade; ICE tad down.

Prices of medium-grade sugar rose in the wholesale markets of west India today because of lower

supply of the medium-grade variety compared with that of the small-grade, traders said. In Mumbai,

prices rose by 20 rupees per 100 kg, and in Kolhapur, they were up 50 rupees.

More than half of the country’s sugar came from UP this year.

Owing to a number of reasons, UP has attained the distinction of accounting for more than half of the

total sugar production in the country for this year. The data, from Indian Sugar Mills Association

(ISMA), is for the period till November-end.

Maharashtra: Permission pending, 15 sugar mills unable to start ethanol production.

As many as 15 sugar mills in Maharashtra are unable to start production of ethanol as the absence of

a full-fledged cabinet has delayed their process of getting permission to do so. These mills had planned

to reduce their sugar production and instead divert sugarcane juice to ‘B’ heavy molasses.

UP holds sugarcane price at Rs 315 per quintal for 2019-20 season.

In a major relief to the sugar industry amid a domestic and global market glut, Uttar Pradesh

government has decided to the sugarcane price or State Advised Price (SAP) unchanged at Rs 315 per

quintal (100 kg) for the common variety of the cash crop for the 2019-20 crushing season.

Sugar mills’ production falls 54% to 18.85 lakh tonnes till Nov 30.

Sugar mills in India produced 18.85 lakh tonnes (LT) of sugar till November 30 in sugar season

(October to September) 2019-20, 54 per cent lower than the 40.69 LT produced during the

corresponding period in the previous year, said an Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) press release

on Tuesday.

200-tonne Goa sugarcane reaches Khanapur factory.

In a relief to the sugarcane farmers of the state, the government through the Sanjivani sugar factory

has finally started harvesting the sugarcane, and is being transported to Laila Sugars Ltd, located at

Khanapur, Belgavi, around 74 kilometres away from the factory at Dharbandora.

Expect Indian sugar export to pick up for the next 4-5 months, says ISMA.

Sugar prices have come under pressure domestically and this after the December quota has seen an

increase by the government. The increase in sugar quota is to provide liquidity to the on-going

crushing season so that the mills can pay up to the farmers.

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Cane growers may have earned Rs 9k cr. in 10 years if revenue-sharing formula adopted: CACP

chief.

Sugarcane farmers would have earned an extra income of Rs 8,000-9,000 crore in the past 10 years

had state governments adopted the revenue-sharing formula recommended by the C Rangarajan panel

for the sugar sector, farm price advisory body CACP Chairman Vijay Paul Sharma said on Thursday.

Uttarakhand: Govt. sets up panel for deciding sugarcane SAP.

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday stated that it has set up advisory committee for deciding

state advisory price (SAP) of sugarcane for the ongoing crushing season, and will announce the price

within a week.

UP orders sugar mills to operate at optimum capacity to avoid penal action.

Even as the sugar season 2019-20 is gathering momentum in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s top

producer of the kitchen staple, the Yogi Adityanath government has directed the mills to operate at

optimum capacity.

High Court has hint of sweetness for cane farmers.

Cane commissioner to again decide on farmers’ dues of 2002. However, the factory has shut down The

‘Cane Commissioner’ has been ordered by the High Court on December 3, 2019 to adjudicate the claims

of farmers on sugarcane supplied to The Indian Sugars & Refineries in 2002.

Sugar cane crushing season begins.

The cane crushing of 2019-20 season in Govada Sugar Factory started on Friday morning with a target

of 4.5 lakh tones of crushing. Govada Sugar Factory MD Sanyasi Naidu and assistant cane manager GVV

Satyanarayana performed poojas at the cane carrier in the factory.

No entry: Sugar cane-laden vehicles barred from Kolhapur.

With the onset of the sugar cane crushing season in the district, many farmers have started

transporting the produce from the fields to the mills.

Co-op banks turn away 55 sugar mills in Maharashtra.

Around 55 sugar mills in Maharashtra may find it difficult to commence crushing in 2019-20 sugar

season since they have been turned away by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSC), the state’s

apex cooperative bank, and district cooperative banks because of their negative net worth and net

disposable resources (NDRs).

After a short spell of uncertainty, nearly 32 mills commence crushing in Maharashtra.

After a short spell of uncertainty, around 32 sugar factories in Maharashtra have commenced crushing

operations. These factories, however, have commenced crushing in a nominal manner. Maharashtra

sugar commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad stated that no crushing data has been made available and

factories have made symbolic beginning to mark the start of the 2019-20 season.

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India to export 4 million tons of sugar, says Marex Spectron.

India to produce 27 million tons of sugar and export 4 million tones, says a survey carried out by Marex

Spectron, a London-based commodities broker. Indian government has allowed export of 6 million

tons of sugar. The survey tried to answer three burning questions in front of the global sugar industry.

Sugar prices to improve on lower production estimates: Report.

The downward revision of sugar production by 7.8 per cent to 26 million tonne in this sugar season

(SS) along with the expected exports is likely to boost sugar prices in the near term, according to a

report. Domestic sugar production estimates for SY2020 are revised downwards by 7.8 per cent to 26

million tons.

Short supply: Maharashtra may not meet ethanol target this season.

Sugar millers in Maharashtra have submitted bids for only Rs 22 crore for a tender placed by oil

marketing companies (OMCs) for 58 crore liters of ethanol. On a pan-India basis, oil companies placed

tenders for 5.11 billion liters of ethanol in 2019-20 out of which sugar companies offered 1.63 billion

liters of ethanol.

Goan sugarcane to be crushed at Khanapur this year, next: Gaude.

Goan sugarcane would be exported to the Khanapur sugar factory as it’s not possible to do any

crushing at the Sanjivanee sugar factory this year. The same thing would be continued next year if

Sanjivanee does not start by then, Cooperation Minister Govind Gaude said on Wednesday.

NSL sugar factory to pay up Rs 1.71 crore tax dues.

The NSL sugar factory at Bhusnoor village in Aland taluk was recently found to have not remitted taxes

for the last 10 years, and it was also being run without its license being renewed.

Netherlands – Pectins from beet pulp found effective for use in leather production.

The Dutch specialty chemicals manufacturer Smit & Zoon found that pectins from sugar beet pulp are

excellent tanning agents in the production of leather.

USA – Corn growers dismayed over EPAs final rule on refinery exemptions.

The Trump administration finalized U.S. biofuel blending requirements for 2020 on 19th December,

leaving a key part of the rule unchanged from an earlier proposal that the corn lobby had criticized as

inadequate to help struggling farmers, reported Reuters.

Ethiopia – Coca-Cola plans to buy sugar plants to fully secure its sugar need locally.

The Coca-Cola Company under its subsidiary in Ethiopia has tendered its bid to acquire sugar plant/s

the government is about to privatize in the early months of 2020, according to local paper.

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Indonesia to import only high pol raw sugar in due course.

Indonesia is revising its sugar import rules. Purchases will be limited to high pol raw from overseas,

according to Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana, the Trade Ministry’s foreign trade director general, reported

Reuters.

Brazil – Outlook for sugar and ethanol sectors looks positive says Moody’s

The rating agency recently Moody’s shifted the outlook for Brazil’s sugar and ethanol industry from

negative to stable, citing rising demand for ethanol from the country, reported Reuters.

BP and Arzeda enter into second phase of biochemical collaboration.

The oil major BP and Arzeda, the Protein Design Company™, recently announced that they have

entered a second extended collaboration agreement for developing a bioprocess for the production of

an undisclosed renewable chemical of high strategic and industrial interest to BP.

Argentina – Eight people killed following explosion at La Esperanza’s mill.

Eight people died and at least 10 were injured after an explosion followed by a fire broke out in the

distillery at the La Esperanza mill in the department of San Pedro de Jujuy, according to local press

reports.

Brazil – Amyris to build US$75 million factory producing zero-calorie sweeteners.

The biotech start-up Amyris plans to build a factory in Barra Bonita, Sao Paulo state. Costing US$75

million, the factory will produce zero-calorie sweeteners from sugar cane.

Carnegie’s cane-based Xorel is first textile to achieve Living Product Challenge Certification.

Carnegie’s Biobased Xorel, a groundbreaking high-performance textile sourced from sugarcane,

achieved Living Product Challenge Certification. Carnegie became the first textile company to achieve

this advanced protocol.

Cyanobacterium metabolically engineered to produce astaxanthin.

Researchers at Kobe University’s Engineering Biology Research Centre have succeeded in synthesizing

astaxanthin using the fast-growing marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7002.

India – DCM Shriram’s sugar unit diversifies – building new 200k litre distillery.

DCM Shriram shares surged 4.76% to INR360 (US$5.07) after the company’s sugar unit said it

commissioned 200k litres per day (KLD) distillery at Ajbapur in Uttar Pradesh on 3 December 2019.

Norwegian shoppers cross into Sweden for cheaper sugar-based products.

Recent press reports from Norway are replete with mention of a significant drop in per capita sugar

consumption, driven largely by hefty taxes. But this masks the actual consumption as Norwegians have

been driving across to Sweden to buy confectionery and soda which are much cheaper as they are not

taxed.

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Australia – CANEGROWERS trials KPMG’s blockchain supply chain solution.

Consultancy firm KPMG’s blockchain-based track and trace platform is being trialled by

CANEGROWERS, the body for Australian sugarcane growers.

Ghana – Take 2! Idled Komenda Sugar Factory gets an injection of US$28 million from Park

Agrotech

The Ministry of Trade and Industry, in an effort to put the dormant Komenda Sugar Factory in

production, has named Park Agrotech Ghana Limited as the strategic investor for the factory.

USA – Over 58,000 ha of beet unharvested due to inclement weather.

The sugar beet harvest as of Nov. 3 was the slowest on record since 2000, the US Department of

Agriculture (USDA) said in its Nov. 15 Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook. Rain and snow pelted crops in

September and October. That was followed by a blizzard, and then warm temperatures that left fields

a boggy mess. Next came a deep freeze, ruining the underground sugar beet crop, and dealing a harsh

blow to farm incomes.

USA – 2019-20 sugar output forecast to drop by over half a million tonnes.

In recent weeks, prospects for US sugar production have declined significantly due to adverse weather

in both sugar beet and sugarcane regions. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its Nov. 8

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report has projected a significant decline in 2019-

20 sugar output with stocks-to-use ratio forecast to drop to dangerously low 10.5%.

Punjab for strengthening sugarcane cultivation.

Punjab Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa here on Wednesday met Union Agriculture

Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and discussed strengthening of sugarcane cultivation in the state for

welfare of farmers. He also urged special funds by the National Cooperative Development Corp (NCDC)

for strengthening as well as renovation of sugar mills in Punjab.

Sugarcane will be weighed in Goa, Gaude tells farmers.

The state government has agreed to weigh the produce of local sugarcane farmers before sending it to

Karnataka for processing. “Farmers were demanding that their produce be weighed here as there were

chances of it being pilfered in transit.

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RESEARCH ARTICLE:

“SUGARBEET – A POTENTIAL FEED STOCK FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION”

By

Narendra Mohan Director

National Sugar Institute Kanpur

ABSTRACT

Even after making all out efforts, blending of ethanol@10% in the petrol has not become a

reality. With most of the ethanol coming through the molasses route and grains contribution been in-

significant, there is dire need for developing alternate feed stocks to achieve the target of producing

3300 million liters of ethanol to make EBP10 a success. Sugarcane production and crushing since

always witnesses surges and even with sugarcane crushing @ 325 million tonnes it is to be too

optimistic to think of achieving the blending target of even 10% unless diversion of alcohol for potable

sector and chemical sector stops. Sugar Beet has been identified as one such crop which has the

promise to become a potential feed stock for ethanol production in future.

Key words: sugar beet, ethanol, blending, climate

INTRODUCTION

India is in search for feed stocks other than molasses to cope up with the requirement of ethanol

for Ethanol Blending Programme. Out of the various feed stocks being considered viz. Sweet Sorghum,

Cassava and Sweet Potato etc., Sugar Beet appears to hold promise to become a potential feed stock

for producing ethanol directly from juice. There are challenges as regards climatic conditions, seed

availability and market assurance but the crop scores many points over the Sugarcane crop with

respect to crop duration, irrigation water requirement and sugar content. Sugar Beet is one of the three

crops (sunflower and soybean being the other two) which were introduced in India around the same

time in 1950s. While the other two have now established themselves commercially in India, Sugar

Beet is still awaiting to contribute significantly to the Indian agricultural scenario. None of these crops

have been lacking in potential but till Government push and industrial support became a reality, both

sunflower and soybean were struggling to find their economic niche.

Sugar Beet is the last of the trio whose potential still remains unexplored in India. However,

there is a buzz in the country over Sugar Beet cultivation during the last few years both in the tropical


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and sub-tropical regions for producing ethanol and trials have been conducted at National Sugar

Institute, Kanpur also to assess the strength and weaknesses of the Sugar Beet crop. In the paper, the

author has tried to bring forth the factual position with respect to Sugar Beet cultivation in the country

for its possible use for ethanol production.

The crop

Sugar Beet is a temperate crop, botanically known as Beta vulgaris L. It is a man-made crop and

is the product of human selection from fodder beet for higher sugar content. The impetus for the

development of Sugar Beet in Europe came when there was an embargo on the import of sugarcane

sugar during the world war. It belongs to family chenopodiaceae, the spinach family. In its native

temperate habitat, the root crop is sown in the spring and harvested in the autumn. The harvest of the

crop coincides with the onset of winter. This gives a wide window of time available to process Sugar

Beet without much loss in quality. For seed production, the roots are left intact in the soil for over-

wintering for flowering stalks to emerge in the coming spring.

The Indian context

Riddled with the cycles of boom and boost in sugarcane production in India, the Sugar Beet crop

was introduced earlier with the object of augmenting for sugar production. In 1960s, extensive

exploratory trials were conducted all over the country to find out suitable area of root and seed

production. Based on the preliminary results, it was felt that Sugar Beet could be grown during winter

in North India, while Kashmir valley and hills such as Darjeeling and Shimla were found suitable for

seed production. To strengthen the research and development activity, an All India Coordinated

Research Project on Sugar Beet was launched in 1971 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research

with centres at Lucknow, Pantnagar, Sriganganagar, Phaltan, Jalandhar and Kanpur. Later on, Kalyani

in West Bengal, Solan in Himachal Pradesh and Mukteshwar in Kumaon hills were added. At the same

time, a Sugarcane-cum-Sugar Beet (600 TBD) plantation white sugar factory was established at

Sriganganagar in Rajasthan. The 1970’s and 1980’s was a period of intense research activity on Sugar

Beet. Work was carried out in germplasm evaluation, varietal development, agronomical, pathological,

entomological and agricultural engineering aspects.

Sriganganagar provided the testing ground of the production and processing Technology. India

opted for self-reliance for Sugar Beet seed and an open -pollinated, diploid Russian variety namely,

Ramonskaya-06 (R-06) was found suitable for Indian conditions along with some other anisoploid

varieties from Europe. The seed production of R-06 was successfully undertaken by The National

Seeds Corporation in Srinagar and later on shifted to Himachal Pradesh. The crop was a success with

the farmers and factory. Sriganganagar Sugar Mills had a commercial run of over thirty years when

the factory was closed due to reasons not exclusive to Sugar Beet. One of these, however, was the trade

liberalization which closed the remunerative disposal of Sugar Beet molasses to a Mumbai-based

pharmaceutical company. The best average root yield obtained during the run was 39 t/ha and a sugar

recovery of 11.32%. It may be borne in mind that this was made possible without the best available


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varieties and agricultural practices. As per the studies conducted at that time, the Sugar Beet crop was

found to be the most remunerative rabi crop as compared to wheat and mustard.

Sugarcane production in country has seen many ups and downs, sometimes brought about by

failure of rains, but more often by the fluctuations in price of sugarcane and issues related to payments

of sugarcane supplies. In early 2000s and during the period 2012-2015, many southern states were

reeling under consecutive droughts leading to insufficient cane supplies to the factories and at this

juncture, some multinational Sugar Beet seed companies came out with tropicalized Sugar Beet

varieties and a need was felt to conduct feasibility trials. The ICAR responded with an AP Cess Network

project in 2004. The work done at the five centres with two of these in Maharashtra, showed that

Sugar Beet could be grown successfully from October to May.

Fig. 1 : Geographic locations of Sugar Beet trials

“Geographical Locations of Sugar beet Trials

Carried out in India

The possibility of having more than one crop a year is also not ruled out under tropical agro-climates.

The package of practices along with the suitable varieties was developed. The potential for root was

observed to be 60-80 t/ha with a sugar content in the roots of 13-15 %. The following table no. 1 gives

the performance of Sugar Beet varieties with respect to yield and sucrose content reported from

diverse seed sources :

Table No. 1 : Results of trials of various Sugar Beet varieties

S.N. Varieties Sucrose Content (%) Root Yield (t/ha) Gross sugar

180 DAS*

(t/ha)

150 DAS* 180 DAS* 150 DAS* 180 DAS*

LK-27 13.05 14.93 78.22 67.92 10.868

LKC-95 12.71 14.98 76.00 65.05 11.058

SYT-06-07 14.26 16.40 84.79 70.99 10.807

SYT-06-13 14.50 16.67 75.37 69.24 10.890

IN-06 14.13 16.06 90.77 69.33 9.566


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IN-07 14.28 15.76 65.27 61.32 10.248

PAC-60002 14.88 17.14 81.49 70.62 11.444

PAC-60006 13.56 16.18 72.20 66.97 11.097

FELICITA 13.07 15.19 84.63 80.82 11.728

RASOUL 13.38 14.88 64.86 55.56 9.044

LS-6 13.14 16.22 82.77 70.42 11.484

SHUBHRA 13.78 17.67 93.59 77.77 13.253

Mean 13.73 16.01 79.16 68.83 10.957

* DAS – days after sowing

Such trials were carried out at National Sugar Institute, Kanpur on three sugar beet verities, namelyLS-

6, SZ-35 and PAC-60008 for three seasons during the period November to March. The yield was

estimated to be about 80 tonnes per hectare although the same was varying to certain extent from one

variety to another. The beet juice was used to assess the ethanol production potential and the same

was observed to be about 90-100 liters per ton of Sugar Beet on laboratory scale.

The present scenario

The changing bio-fuel scenario in the country has started looking at Sugar Beet with ethanol as

the end product. Several sugar factories in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab have

been keen to give Sugar Beet fair trial, after having been convinced of its agronomical feasibility

through in-house crop experimentation. In this, a key role have been that of the multinational Sugar

Beet seed companies, such as Syngenta, SES Vanderhave and KWS through their Indian

operations. These companies are still active in providing the know-how, seed and guidance in growing

and handling of Sugar Beet. The SDF financed the fabrication and setting up of a pilot plant for Sugar

Beet processing at Samarth SSK Ltd. in Maharashtra, while it was taken up by some other private

factories too of their own to assess the economics of Sugar Beet cultivation and ethanol production.

The need for a stimulus

The history of Sugar Beet development in Europe and the USA and also at Sriganganagar (Rajasthan)

in India shows that unless there were incentives given by the Government, Sugar Beet could not be a

success. In Sriganganagar, it was the extra canal water provided for every acre Sugar Beet which was

a big attraction, and the assured purchase of Sugar Beet by the sugar factory. Similarly, farmers need

to be attracted to the crop through other such incentives. Being an industrial crop, at the first instance

Government may provide necessary fund for the establishment of Sugar Beet processing units

particularly for producing ethanol. A contract for the timely purchase of the entire produce has to be

in place. Further, support for availability of seed, fertilizers and pesticides along with technical

guidance in raising the crop has to be provided. The central and state agricultural extension and

development machinery has to make an all out effort to be equal partners with the farmers and the


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factory to lend the necessary support with their active presence and post harvest management of the

produce.

The positives and pitfalls

Sugar Beet has been shown to be agriculturally feasible under Indian conditions. It has the

potential sugar yield comparable to sugarcane in half the time with water saving of 30-40% as shown

in Fig. 2. The suitable varieties have been identified and the production technology has been

developed. The mechanization of sowing operation has been done. The ecological niche for the

successful cultivation of the crop have been identified. As we go along and gain experience of growing

it in specific locations, innovative refinements in crop and produce management shall be introduced.

In fact, working models are provided by the successful cultivation of Sugar Beet in countries like Egypt,

Morocco, Iran, Pakistan, EU and North America, which have a wide range of agro-climatic conditions

and from largely manual to totally mechanized making precision farming.

Fig. 2 : Advantages of Sugar Beet Production

Greater

Yield

01

More yield of the

crop

With 2-3x less water

In ½ the time

Pulp: Cattle feed

Leaves:Organic

fertilizer/Biogas

K fertilizers/Biogas

02Multiple by-

products

India is endowed with a wide range of climatic conditions which allow us to be self reliant in

Sugar Beet seed production. A business model has to be developed in the form of contract farming

where various stakeholders commit themselves to their specific role in the entire venture. This was

being done at Sriganganagar among farmers, factory and seed companies. The state government has

to play the role of a facilitator and observer for fair play by various stakeholders.

Thus, Sugar Beet has all the potential to become a viable industrial crop in India. Most of the

components are already worked out and can be integrated in a mission mode with the appropriate

government policy, industrial entrepreneurship and committed agricultural department. It may also

be mentioned that Sugar Beet has an in-built tolerance to saline and alkaline soil conditions. It is

therefore capable for bringing under plough and reclaim vast tracks of salt affected soils in the country,

estimated to be more than 6.0 million hectares. For integrating Sugaeet with the existing cropping

pattern, a lot of work has been done and this may be tailored to suit the new locales. It can easily be

grown as an intercrop with sugarcane to increase sugar productivity per unit time and area.


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Sugar Beet & Sugar or Ethanol Production

As regards utilization of Sugar Beet for sugar production is concerned there are certain issues which

are worth consideration:

1. Since the Sugar Beet doesn’t have fuel of its own (as bagasse in case of sugarcane), fuel from outside shall be required to meet steam generation requirements at the boiler.

2. Clarification of beet juice is carried out by carbonation process, where lime requirement is almost10 times than that required in sulphitation process for cane juices.

3. Capital cost of such sugar processing plant is more due to more no. of unit operations.

4. India is already surplus in sugar production and finding it difficult to dispose of the sugar in global market.

Thus, these issues are to be addressed if production of sugar is to be carried out. However, as

mentioned earlier the crop has potential for utilization of beet juice for industrial fermentation so as

to produce ethanol as the country needs alternate feed stocks to cope up with the requirement for EBP

10 as shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 : Ethanol vis a vis Feed Stock Scenario

S. No. Particulars Production UOM Ethanol Quantity UOM

1 Sugarcane crushed

300 MMT

2Sugar production 33.0 MMT

Molasses C grade 13.5 MMT 3173 Million Liters

3Alcohol used for

potable and other purpose

1500 Million Liters

4Ethanol available

for EBP through C-molasses

1673 Million Liters

5 Ethanol from B-Heavy molasses

300 Million Liters

6 Ethanol from Grains

500 Million Liters

7 Total Ethanol availability

2473 Million Liters

8 Shortfall for EBP 10

768 Million Liters


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Ethanol made from C Molasses

1673 Million Litres

Ethanol made from B-Hy and Cane Juice considering

diversion on 2 million tonnes of sugar through such routes

1200 Million Litres

Ethanol made from grains (on the basis of current trend)

500 Million Litres

Total availability from all sources

3373 Million Litres

Ethanol required for 20% Blending

6483 Million Litres

Ethanol required from new sources viz. Sugar Beet etc.

3110 Million Litres

It is evident that even after considering diversion of 2.0 million tonnes of sugar through B Heavy

molasses or cane juice or through other routes yielding about 1200 million liters of ethanol and

availability of 500 million liters of ethanol through grains, there may be a shortfall 3310 million liters

of ethanol for EBP 20 envisaged for future. Even for EBP 10, there appears to be shortage of ethanol as

shown in Fig. 2 and as such alternate feed stocks for ethanol production are very much required.

Conclusion

Considering requirement of ethanol for EBP 10, it is not possible to cope-up only through molasses route.

There is need for using alternate feed stocks for making EBP 10 and EBP 20, a success.

Sugar beet has the potential to be a feedstock for the purpose.

There shall be need for developing indigenous sugar beet varieties.

Adoption of sugar beet cultivation holds promise but shall require greater extension work and assurance to farmers.

It shall also require robust harvesting and transport mechanism.

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ABSTRACTS

World ethanol trade to contract for first

time in years by FO Licht published in

International Sugar Journal, October, 2019.

United States and Brazil dominate both the

global production and exports of ethanol.

Though Brazil is a bit-part player in exports as

it is also the major importer, importing from

USA. The rest of the countries/regions

producing ethanol lag behind significantly in

production and exports/imports. Trade wars

(e.g. US-China) and protectionist measures

may serve to impose a marginal restraint on

ethanol trade. Recent rebel drone strike

against two oil installations in Saudi Arabia

which has cut its crude oil output by 50% and

resulted in global oil price increasing by 20%

may be a significant driver in ethanol

production.

Post-release variety testing: a key activity

to ensure commercial value of genetic

improvements by S Ramburan published in

International Sugar Journal in October, 2019.

Post-release variety testing has been a core

feature of SASRI’s activities over the last 40

years. This paper reviews the value added

from such activities with regard to variety

adoption and return on industry investment.

Sugarcane post-release testing is unique to

South Africa and to date has been conducted

separately from the plant breeding project.

The testing network engages grower co-

operators in a participatory approach.

Examples of how knowledge exchange

activities have influenced variety adoption

trends are illustrated. The contribution of

trials to variety adoption is illustrated through

a survey of extension specialist opinions.

Factory benchmarking — are useful

indicators used? by JD Snoad published in

International Sugar Journal, October, 2019.

Common factory figures have often been used

as performance indicators by generations of

technologists and managers. This paper seeks

to examine their suitability for this

purpose. Metrics were evaluated against

criteria describing a perfect indicator, defined

as one that was adequately related to actual

business outcomes, reflected success in

managing controllable factors, considered the

impacts of uncontrollable factors, and was

expressed in commercially relevant

terms. Relevance was considered at the levels

of overall business, facility, and individual

technologist. The results challenge some

longstanding perceptions about the relevance

of commonly used factory figures.

Addressing constraints in the factory rate-

control system by GA Kent & S McNamara

published in International Sugar Journal in

October, 2019.

Although there are extraction benefits in

maintaining a constant first-mill speed, there

are inevitably capacity constraints that

prevent that speed from being continuously

maintained. This paper presents

modifications to a conventional cane-rate

control system that have been implemented at

Tully to address the constraints. In order to

maximise cane rate, it is generally desirable to

operate at a relatively high first-mill

speed. With feeding station constraints, a high

first-mill speed may result in occasions when

the feeding station is unable to deliver

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sufficient cane to sustain the desired prepared

cane level in the first-mill chute.

World sugar output to fall to a three-year

low in 2019/20 by FO Licht published in

International Sugar Journal, November, 2019.

Abstract Global sugar production in 2019/20

may fall by 6.4 mln tonnes on a local crop year

basis to 180.3 mln. If realized, this would be

21.4 mln tonnes less than the record 201.7 mln

tonnes produced just two years ago. However,

the projected drop in global output is heavily

dependent on significant decreases in output

in India and Thailand, with especially the

forecast for the former country always good

for a surprise. Brazilian production is expected

to fall even below last year dismal value and

would then reach a 14-year low.

Identification of sources of resistance to

wilt caused by Fusarium sacchari in Indian

sugarcane parental population by R.

Viswanathan, C. G. Balaji, R. Selvakumar, P.

Malathi, A. Ramesh Sundar, A. Annadurai,

Adhini S. Pazhany, K. Manivannan & R.

Nithyanandam FO Licht published in

International Sugar Journal, November, 2019.

Wilt of sugarcane caused by the fungal

pathogen Fusarium sacchari is a serious stalk

disease affecting production and productivity

in the crop in India. In certain occasions, the

disease occurs in severe epidemic form in the

field and causes devastating effects to cane

cultivation. Though screening for wilt in

advanced varieties is being done in selected

research stations in the country, resistance in

the parents used for hybridization is not

clearly known. We have taken up a detailed

study to assess wilt resistance in parental

clones of National Hybridization Garden

(NHG).

Sugar beet pulp fiber is a source of

bioactive food and feed ingredients by

Arland T. Hotchkiss, Jr., Phoebe Qi, LinShu Liu,

Hoa K. Chau, Peter H. Cooke, Alberto Nuñez,

Andre K. White & Marshall L. Fishman FO Licht

published in International Sugar Journal,

November, 2019.

The demand for healthy food ingredients and

clean labels is increasing. Sugar beet

polysaccharides and protein have several

health-promoting bioactivities. Pectin,

hemicellulose and cellulose polysaccharides

were extracted from sugar beet pulp. One of

the proteins associated with sugar beet pectin

is extensin. Sugar beet pectin is an excellent

oil-in-water emulsifier in beverages, in part

due to 9% protein content, and can be used for

microencapsulation of lipophilic food

ingredients. The interacting complexes and

covalent conjugates between sugar beet pectin

and the dairy protein β-lactoglobulin were

characterized in detail.

Effect of dithiocarbamate biocides on gum-

producing bacteria isolated from a South

African sugarcane processing factory by S.

Nel, SB Davis, A Endo & LMT Dicks FO Licht


November, 2019.

Exopolysaccharide (gum)-producing bacteria

cause financial losses to the sugarcane

processing industry. In previous studies, we

have reported on the isolation of several

strains of gum-producing lactic acid bacteria

and Bacillus species from a South African

sugarcane processing factory. Here we report

on the antibacterial effect of PreventolÒZ and

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BusanÒ1021, two dithiocarbamate biocides

used in the sugar industry, on seven species of

gum-producing bacteria. PreventolÒZ,

administered at 20 ppm, demonstrated a

bactericidal (killing) effect against

Leuconostoc mesenteroides A16-9,

Leuconostoc lactis B9-3, Bacillus subtilis B7-

19 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B7-51 after

6 h of contact, but had only a bacteriostatic

(growth inhibiting).

Enhancing the value of process-accounting

figures by JD Snoad published in International

Sugar Journal, December, 2019.

A first-principles approach can be used to

better understand factory figures and their

interrelationships. In examining these,

distinction is made between Commercial Cane

Sugar (CCS) as used in cane payment, and Pure

Obtainable Cane Sugar (POCS) as originally

defined. The POCS definition can be used to

convert chemical control balance losses to

Pool Sugar Index (PSI) equivalent units. The

molasses loss expected under the CCS/POCS

methodology is discussed including two

methods of calculation. These concepts are

used in examining the relationship between

cane purity, formula expected molasses loss,

recovery, and PSI.

Potential cane and sugar losses from top-

shoot borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis

(Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by

Lastus S Kuniata, Kaile T Korowi & awrencia

Kikitam published in International Sugar

Journal, December, 2019.

Top-shoot borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis

(Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is one of

the moth borers considered as pests of

sugarcane in Papua New Guinea. Larvae bore

from the top of the cane through the spindle

and into the growing point (meristem), killing

the stalk. Cane of 4 weeks old through to

mature cane can be damaged. Here, the

population dynamics of top-shoot borer at

Ramu, Papua New Guinea, and estimated

sugarcane juice losses are reported. The life

cycle of top-shoot borer is 48–62 days and

cane of all ages can be attacked.

Effectiveness of different sources of

nitrogen in MS media for rapid in vitro

shoot initiation of sugarcane (Saccharum

officinarum L.) genotypes by Suresh Yadav,

T.E. Nagaraja, H.C. Lohithaswa, K.V.

Shivakumar & Meniari Taku published in

International Sugar Journal, December, 2019.

Tissue culture techniques are important tools

of crop improvement and rapid multiplication

of sugarcane clones. Nitrogen is essential not

only for growth, but also for morphogenesis in

tissue culture, which is markedly influenced

by the availability of nitrogen and the form in

which it is presented in the plant. In a

laboratory experiment with sugarcane

genotypes Co 86032, CoVC 15-22-05, CoVC 15-

22-26 and CoVC 18061, the efficacy of

different sources of nitrogen; namely

ammonium sulphate, tri ammonium citrate

and supplement for MS (Murashige and Skoog)

medium were evaluated.

Genome-wide functional analysis of

sugarcane ESTs by Inderjit Singh Yadav,

Pawan Kumar Malhotra & Amandeep Sharma


December, 2019.

Sugarcane is a C4 plant with complex

polyploid nature which accumulates sucrose

in its stem as an important source of sugar

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